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VOLUME XXV
No. 31
KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1958.
SUBSCRIPTION EATES f3.M per tear In Duplin ad Uuun
Ceaatlcs; H.tH euUid (his area In N. C; I H ataMe K. O.
PulCE TEN CENTS'
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'J', by PAUL BAB WICK
A study and planning committee
ai been appointed by the Duplin
nty Board of CommUsloners to
WV out plans for constructing
'1 f, additional space, at the Duplin Co-
L, unty,Houn i
f ;. Thet committee it ' composed of
WUliatnaoa
.Promoted To
District Manager
I ; iJuvld C. Williamson' "Biddle"
native of Kenansville, has - been
promoted by Sou .hern Bell Tele
fcyhone Company ,to Gastonta Dis
i trict Manager. .
K Vx. Williamson. In his new cap
acHy. will direct the commercial
r aperations of the company In
--'five-county area. : 1?-;
- A graduate of Keriansville High
School, he attended Davidson Col-
leg before accepting an appolnt-
- mens-th UniUd, Sut
Academy af Anntpplta hefte
graduated with honors ln tM 'He
served In the PaclficTheater dur-
. jng World. War VL as an officer and
f t later commander of a minesweeper
'7 After joining Sovthern Bell in
- th Directory .Department at Char
' lotte In "1948. .he. held various as
tnment in the company's ComM
C excial Department Deiore oecom-
supervisor, la 1958.
Active in Charlotte civic affairs,"
r, Mr. Williamson Is a member of the
' Charlotte Central Lions Club, a
iaamtiA. f th board of directors
nf-TTamily and' Children's Service,
,,;-and member and former deacon
Af th. Commonwealtn jsaemoaisr
-IftSlri WUliams, is the V on of
lltolrtaMteavis of Winston-Salem.
"The Williamsons have three child-
! en. David. 9: Chris, 7; ana Jwon,
I -
i Mr. WHllamson is a son of Mrs.
r TMr. Mnroaret M. Williamson of
v Kenansville and of th? late D. S,
Williamson. -
THE
Minister's Desk
By D. E. Parkerson, Warsaw
' During the pastorate of Henry
Ward .Beecher in Indianapolis he
jehed a aeries of aermons on
,'drunkness and gambling, ihcldenta-
lly scoring the men of his, com
munity who profited: by these sins.
, ' During the ensuing week b was
Accosted on the street by a wouia
(he assailant, pistol in hand, who
.demanded a retraction ot some nt-
tr nance of the preceeding Sunday.
1 -rak it back right here!" he
" demanded with an oath, "or I will
ahnnt Von on the apotr &'
- "Shoot awayT' was the preacher's
reeponte as he calmly walked a
wav hurling over his shoulder th-
m DBrtlne words: 'I don't bell-ve
Misu can hit the mark as well as L
"did."' v .',;'"' v "' " '?
- This Uttla Incident reminds us
ot our willingness to say Amen"
to the preacher when he la preac
hing on someone else's favorite" sins
, rt our tendency to fet fi anry
when he starts 'talking about ) our
own faulfs. This la where the pre
acher has had this accusation'' le
veled at hunt "He's quit preacmnc
and gone .to ' meddUng." , " . f
There Is on way you can look
st It that meddling is not so bad.
The twelve disciples at Jfeaus were
Mcuro and satisfied before they
JJf th Master, .ssomev , k avm
rough, rugged, and cursing
irmni.and glad of It What If
n , had naver meddled, with
lives? :.SV:;A"'!"vf
I t -"wlude that if preaching hlta
i u.k and unintentional med
I make constructive changes
-. world ft better off at the re-
iCewmty. feM Uemia : Clare
Commissioners J.: W. Hoffler. J.i
B. . Stroud, "Lott Korfeegay; Mrs.
Winlford T. Wells County JAttor-
ney; and Faisoni.W. McOowen, Co
unty Court House. ,:..";. h i
'"We are gqihg to determine what
can be done to eliminate the crow
ded conditions now existing thro
ughout the Court House," McGo
wen said. .
At the present, ', the opinion of
those surrounding the Court House
ann x construction is that a wing
will be buy; on the north and
south ends of the present. structure
McGowen points out that ths Be
the Court House will be employ
ed. ; ' , . '
McGowen point out that the Re
gister of Deeds office Is so crow
ded that -lawyers .have difficulty
finding space to search records. In
fact 'some night work Is necessary
in order, for all work to be com
pleted In time for certain matters.
Already all available space for sto
rage Is occupied and between 18
and 20 recording books are filled
each year by the Register of D;eds.
The same crowded conditions ex
ists in the Clerk of Superior
Court offices. Some of the impor
tant records have been stored
in th waiting room Where often
conditions are so Crowded that
those on' business have to wait in
the halls of the Court Hpuse. Addit
ional 3roace for records is needed
badly .v . '.'.
It is pointed out that the County
Auditor's . office Is currently us
ing a separate' wooden structure
in KenansvilUv for the purpose of
filing a large volume of records,
This makes research and checking
Of such things as tax abstract very
inrovenient and difficult.
i At the present, the Social Sec
urity office is on the second floor
of , the Court Hqiuse and old people
find it lmpossble' to ascend, the
steps. ,. Often the Social Security
olcei1ia; to:eoin:fr4iirKBWsirs
to transact business m the Conn
,,: Cesitlnned On Baek
3
The- following registrants were
tnduct'd from Duplin County dur-
uik July law;
Marvin Rayx Horne
Morris Caroll Thigpen.
Raymond Walker.
The August call for induction is
I for 3 men to be delivered on 21
August; 1958
DOKSCORE
I I. C. aJlllHArt
RALEIGH - The Motor Vehicles
De payment's summary of traffic
deaths through 10' a. m. Aug. 4,
1958:
Killed '.This, Year: 533
Killed To Date Last Year: 587
Extension Officials
, : W. Shoffner, Assistant
tension Direttor at N. C. State
College, and C. S. Mintz, District
Extension agent, visited Duplin
County this week observing bro
iler operation. ,
Duplln la one of the leading
broiler turkey and egg producing
counties in North Carolina, mak
ing rapid stride during the past
five years. Some agriculture lead-
era are of the opinion that a cur
rent census would place Duplin's
broiler production at the top in
North Carolina; .
Shoffner and Mintz we. fav
orably Impresses" with the pro
gram as now being carried on. '
Vernon : H. Reynolds. , County
Farm , Agent, points out that In
addition to the' broiler' turkey and
Deulaville t
BsplisfXhurch
' Reverend Richard A. DeBell, pas
tor of the " Gethseman Baptist
Church of Louisville, Kentucky.
will be the guest speaker at the
evening .worship service at 7:45 p.
M. on Sunday August 10, The Pas
tor, R. DeBell extends a cordial in
vltatlon to everyone to attend the
service and hear his brother de
liver the evening message. Rever
end Mrs. Richard DeBell will be
visiting the Jerry DcBells for. th;
week end.
Warsaw Man
Killed In
Accident
Daniel Cruse a "41 -year-old War
saw man, was killed early Thurs
day morning when a van which he
was operating crashed through a
barrbade and : hit 1 head-on in a
deep drainage ditch, bursting into
flames. i .,
Cruse was trapped in the cab
of the truck and died before res
cue workers could g-t to him. Hos
pital officials said he died from
injuries received in tiie wreck anl
not from ourns. The, motor of the
truck "was rammed back into the
sept
The accident ecu red at 1:43 a.m.
An Hicrhwav 210 infiiri the Favet-
teville city limits. The ditch haa,""1" mvnauons signea oy nimseu
hon H...T Hor water from A
Inearby creek where a bridge is
being built. The barricade was be.'
tweea is and zo yards from tne
ditch and was well lighted, offi
cials "said. '
Payetteville Police Chief L. F.
Worrell .said Cruse must have eit
her suffered a heart attack or fa
len asleep.
Cruse Is survived, by his wife
the former Lunla Grady of 'Duplin
County; eight sons, Daniel, Jr. US
Air Force now in, France, v James
Lee; Robert Charles, Thomas Lu'
ther Ray, Billy and Terry f Gene
all of the home; two . daughters
Mrs. Eugene Guy ot the home; one
brother. Will Cruse of Warsaw
Route 2; two sisters Mrs. Ben Fall
of Kinston. three grand children
Funeral services were . held . a
the home Friday at 8:30 pjn, with
the Rev. ;OUs :-Rilge, Methodtst
minister of nearvWari7r;pnt
lng. Burial was lh Finecrest cenie
tery. " -fe
The Pink Hill School faculty for
the 1958 - 59 school year is listed
below. The Lenoir county school
system gained several additional
teachers for this year, with one
being added to the local school
roster. .
Frank S. Wiley, principal; John
A. Worthington, Blonnie S. Stroud
Edith Wiley, Thomas Bogue, Lottie
Williams Darron Floweife, and
Kenneth Howard high school; Re-bezcaj-Smlth,
Madeleine Fleetwood;
Annie Outlaw, Katherine Tyndall.
Julia D. Turner, Virginia Jones,,
Marie Hill! Marjorie Pickett, Kat
harine JOnes, Katharine Shepard
Oscar Kennedy and Hazel Stapel
ton, elementary; Bru.:e 'Perkins
nubile school music.
Visit Duplin Co.
egg Rroductloin program, IDuplin
Is second la North Carolina in
swine production. According to
the ' January " l, 1958 swine' cen
sus, which is ' the latest available
figure, 51,000 hogs were being gr
own in Duplm. Johnston County
Is the first ln the latest figures.
- A check among farmers through
out the Duplin trading area over
the nast week reveals that tobacc
seems to be curing up a little lig
hter, this year than last.
Joseph E.Quinn
Attends Insurance
Joseph X. Qulhn, representative
of Nationwide'' Insurance tn Ken
ansville,; N. C. is one of thirty A
gents attending the Training Pro
gram being eoducted by his Com
piles at the ' Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh;: North Carolina. k S1;
Agent Quinn, has qualified to
attend this program which la de
signed to help him render better
service to his policyholder.. . t.
Thla program, on of a series of
training courses held periodically
by the Companies; begins on Aug
ust 5, 1958 and eonUnue through
August $.-"
Nominees To House
Goldsboro Rotary club will stage
a stata government forum. Guests
of honor for the occasion will be
the nominees to the North Carolina
House and Senate from Wayne,
Wtson, Johnston, Sampson, Duplin.
'enolr and Greene counties.
Rotary' Presidl rit Vassie Balk
rum said that October 14 had been
tentatively set for the forum. State
Treasurer Edwin Gill will be the
speaker.
Bot'i: Republican and Democratic
nominees to the Legislature from
the seveii counties will be honored
at the program. W. A. Dees Jr.
will serve as master of ceremonies
and present the nominees. Henry
Belk will present Treasurer Gill.
President Balkcum said that per
nQ rrograra wiuirman oruce
Duke would go out on the next few
Wells Quality Feeder Pig Market To
Have First Sale On Wednesday, 1 P. M.
Wells-Quality Feeder Pig Merket
in Wallace will hold its first sale
on Wednesday, beginning at 1 p.m.
DeLepn Wells, who is making the
venture, says that over 900 feeder
pigs of high quality are assured
for the first sale. The second sale
has been set for September 10.
Wells says that more pigs will
be , available on the second sale
because farmers who would ordin
arily have pigs on the first ale
do not because of the tobacco sea
son being in full' opfrationu.
. Duplin is a leading 'swine pro
ducing county in North Carolina,
qfieing jiecono only to" ' Johnston
Couty in swine census. "This" Qua
lity Feed Pig Market is belie
ved to be a step the right dire
ction 'toward helpng increase the
per capita farm income in east
ern North Carolina.
The mark t has been establi
shed throflr the cooperation of
N. C. State College, Raleigh, and
County. Farm Agents from 15 co
unties in Southeastern North Ca
rolina. . ' .Li,
A strick i t Of .rules and regu
lations have b en adopted through
TlfJlES SPORTS
-:- -:- By Joe Cost in
The Wallace Little League "AH
Stars" defeated the all stars of
Warsaw last Wednesday under the
light in Wallace -to win the Invi
tational Tournament. Warsaw col
lected only four hits of Wallace's
little right hander Billy Pope be
fore and exciting crowd.
In the regular season play that
resumed Saturday afternoon the
Jaycees stopped the Legion 8-7
to gain a tie for first place in the
Little League Standings. Billy
Wood went all the' way to pick
up the win for the Jaycees. Jerry
Albertson lead the. winners with
two for two.- Lynn Hilton started
for the '.Legion and Mickey Walker
came in and pitched the last four
Innings. Charles Stevens and Hll
The rains which have been fair
lint constantly are said responsible
for the weight being a little off.
However, the tobacco itself is cu
ring up to a bright leaf with good
aroma.
This should bring to the farmer
of the area a high price for th
weed,. '
: Several farmers in the area have
been marketing their lugs and se
cond cropping on- the Georgla-
Florida market and have reported
good average. -
- Most farmers report average for
lugs considerably higher than an
ticipated. Tobacco support price is
8944 per 100 pounds.- ,
, Tobacco farmers were very ple
ased with the opening on th Bor
der Belt on Tuesday. Auction bids
ciimbea nigner uian previous : le
vels ranging around a $80.00 ave
rage, -v. ""M'.yv a f f. :
Blood Testing Report , ';
3020 sbeclmena have been takn
for vit first 7 work days. The blood
testing program' will continue thr
ough August 18. Fourteen per cent
of th first 400 specimens were
POSitiVtV , , . ' - ; ' I
and Sefnate
l days. He added that the list would
total about 15 men and one wom
an, Dr. Rachel Davis of Lenoir,
nominee to the House. One mem
ber of the Goldsboro Rotary club
will be assigned to act as host to
a particular visitor for the session.
"THis forum.,' said pr sidcrt
Balkcum, will be a contribution of
Rotary's community service ob
jects. We hope that it will call
oubiic attention and consideration
to some of the problems North
Carolina faces. And we hope that
It will also serv to acquaint the
public with the fa?t that the men
tnd women who serve in the Legis
'ature sacrifice materially of their
own time, comfort and even busi
ness, to work for their state. This
meeting will be some smalle ex
pression of. appreciation for such
the cooperation of Farm Agents
and State College swine specialists.
"This is a good market for pigs
and it will serve a wide area," says
Vernon Reynolds, Duplin County
Farm' Agrnt. "I am sure it will
mean a great deal to the swine in
dustry in the area."
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tOiiTax
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v.nJU.. .- io7Jui
ZZZ? .7"" t7lmt lay idle, h contacted a feed
tailed 8757,405.18.
-' .Hfenry Phillips, Duplin Canity
Tax Collector made his annual re
tort to the county Boar ox iora
missioners at their regular meeting
this month.
pThls figure is approximately 840,
00$ under the previous year's col
lections, according to County Au-
d!Wr Faison W. McGowen. .
ton lead the Legion with the stick
wth two for three each.
In the other game the Lions had
only eight men to show and had
to forfeit their game to the Ro
tary. (Little League Standing as of
August 8)
Name Won Los
Lions 3 2
Jaycees 3 2
Legions 3 8
Rotary 2 4
Last Saturday afternoon the Ro
tary were out in full force to stop
the League-Leading Lions and
what happen the game was
Continued ou back
Hew Parking Lot
For Kenansville
D. L. Cherry, construction con
tractor, has been awarded a $975
contract to pour curb and gutter
and -sidewalks in the new park
lng lot adjacent to the Duplin
County Agriculture BuUding, in
Kenansville.
It is hoped that the new 25-car
capacity parking lot will relieve
some of the congestion around th
Court House, especially on Court
Days, vernon H. Reynolds, Coun
ty Agent working with the project,
said that the space will be used
by employee working In the Ag
riculture Building; thus: provid
ing parking space near the Court
House for people, coming Into the
County Seat on business.
The parkig lot measures 137 feet
on the side near the Agriculture
BuUding and 118 feet on the op
posite side. It Is 75 feet wide and
will have a gravel and rock base
instead of asphalt surface. The en
trance will be between the County
Library and Welfare Building.
Forty-five feet of sidewalk la be
ing poured to enable those using
the parking lot to have hotter ac-
ee-i. to their offices , v j
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BROILER TALK - David Jones, right, is
shown here talking with Bill Jasper, Duplin As
sistant. Farm Agent specializing in Poultry Edu
cation, about the growth of the young farmer's
broiler production operation. Jones' operation.
David Jones Becomes Big Broiler
Producer In Just 30 Month Period
By Paul Barwick , -
Two and one-half years ago Dov broiler for the least amount of i hank are planted in milo.
id Jones purchased a farm near'eed receives a better price than In referring to the future of bro
Warsaw and drcidpH to tnn toarh I the farmer who is lax in his opera iler production in Eastern North
'
ing chemistry and physics.
Initially, he had planned to farm
tobacco, com and cotton and a
iew other farm commodities which
be though would bring in a rea
sonable annual- income.
. Pq the farrn .was a 4,000 capacity
broiler bouse and because he did
no want to let any of his invest-
mill operation in Duplin County &
made arrangement for the broiler
House to be filled with birds.
Today, juct SO months later. Da
vid Jones is considered the largest
single broiler producting farmer in
Duplin County, a County which has
come from so few broilers five
years ago that it was not listed in
census figures to a County which
is Eastern North Carolina' leading
broiler producing County with
20,000.000 being grown in 1958.
David ferds out annually 500,000
broilers plus. In addition, he and
his brother Norman Jones, have
2W.000 broilers on a partnership
btisis. Norman has an additional
325,00 broilers.
Tojuther, th Jones brothers,
feed out In txcess of 1,000.000 bo
ilers annually. "
All of the broilers are produced
through Ramsey Feed Mills feed
out program, which means that
David, 29-year-old producer, has a
contract. Until recently, his con
tract called for six and one-quarter
cents per bird.
However, that has been changed
to an 'incentive contract." This
means a possible higher guarant
eed income. The broiler producer is
paid per bird according to the
efficiency of the feeding and care
of the birds by the farmer. The
fiamer who is lax in his opera-
E. E. Kelly
Appointed Area
Chairman
E. E. Kelly, of Service Motor
Company, KAnsasUe has been
appointed an Area Chairman by
the N. C. Automobile Dealers As
sociation. As such, Kelly will be the liai
son .man between new car ana
truck dealers In Duplin County and
DOin me suxe organization uw
the 'National Automobile Dealer
Association, reports Joe A. Wat
kins of Oxford, president of the
state dealer group.
Watkins said Kelly will keep
the two associations informed on
local happenings and opinions and
Will, advise local dealers of stat
and 'national matters affecting th
retail automobile business.
He also will conduct a joint me j
mbershlp drive of both organiza
tions in the fall. i . ' r 1
We feel fortunate to have hi.
services," Watkins commented., on
the appointment ?f or w know he
will do an excellent Job of keep
ing' us and his local, dealers In
formed." ' - . , . .
. I
tion.
.1 went into the broiler business
because is seemed like a pretty
good thing.' David said. He has
found that broilers need constant
care If the venture Is to be suc
cessful. "David says tlat his teaching pro
feslon majors, chemitry and phy
sics, have not helped him much
in the broiler buiness other than
the fact that he knows records are
necessary to keep close tabs on
what Is fact and what is fantasy.
Through obervation, he has lea
ned that even is 16,000 capacity hou
ses, broilers do better when div
ided into 4,00 lots for feeding out.
Most of the work is accomplished
with as little man hours as pos
ible. Automatic waters keep water
available all the time. Bulk feed
tanks make 'feeding operations
more simple.
He has learned that poll barn
construction is the b: st type for
broiler houses. Too. he finds gal
vanized roofs which are painted
work very well during both win
ter and summer months.
Now that David Jones is in the
broiler business in such a big way,
which requires him and his brother
to employ six tenant families the
year round to assist with the work
tobacco, corn and cotton farming
are out. David has placed all the
acreage he can In the soil bank -5.8
acres tobacco, 30 acres corn,
and 2 acres of cotton. All of the
170 acres in his farm not in the soil
Uncle Pete From Chittlin Switch
SATS
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
I ain't never any too shore if
1 know what I'm writing about in
this column, which don't unqualify
me from being a oolumntis jud
ging from what I see in the papers.
I aint never certain just what the
international situation might be at
the moment, or what the price of
U. S. Steel will be tomorrow or
what my old lady will think of
next week. But the difference be
tween me and them other col
umnists is that they won't admit
it Take, fer instant, that piece I
read yesterday by some feller who
claimed that wfmmen was health
ier than men because, he said,
you'll always find more widows in
community than widower
That's mighty pore thinking,
shows that this feller ain't very
well schooled in the facts of life.
But a heap ot fok will read that
piece and allow as how that feller
is a close observer and that we
ought to have some fellers like
him In Congress. And th chances
are sooner or later he'll git to
Congress and tart using that same
kind of logic. That's one reason Con
gress never knows if If a going or
coming. ''y.'.u
Most husbands that die Is us
ually around middle age or git
ting on the shady aide of life.
That mean their wives is also Kit
ting along toward the halfway
mark of bettor, Now when her hus-
is probably the largest individual broiler produc
tion in Duplin wth over 750,000 birds produced
annually.
(Pho'.o by Paul Barwick.)
I n T I T"V ' .
Caolina, David says, 'If we can ever
get a processing plant in Southeast
ern North Carolina, it will mean
a lot to the broiler industry." With
such a plant scheduled to be con
structed soon at Rose Hill, it looks
like another biv shot in the arm
for broiler production in Eastern
Carolina.
Jurors For Aug. 25
Superior Court
Jurors drawn for Criminal Term
of Superior Court to be held Aug
ust 25, are as follows:
Leonard Raynor, Norwood J.
English, Thomas J. Blaylock, E. D.
Smith; D;lma King; J. F. English;
Onsby Lanier; S. H. Mallard- Tom
Batts; L. E. Brown; Henry W. Kor
negay; R. J. Mathis, Jr. James C.
Carr; Arthur Kennedy; L. E. Pate
James D. Drew, Thomas Sholar;
Ephraim Boney- Ed Dudley Monk
Vance Basden; Kermit Futreal;
C. S. Orr; Neil Home; Cecil It
Edwards; L. F. Jones; Harry Teac
hey; William D. Lanier; Jaul J
Fountain; Charlie Jones; A. F.
Outlaw; A. D. Quinn; Clifton C.
Haiirell; WUlam Carr; Harold
Adams; Ormand Jackson Deaver.
Russian Bostic; W. Roberts; C. B.
R. Roberts; C. B. Penney; H J
Page, Jr. 10; Rbseoe Whitman;
Penny; H. J. Ervin Whaley.
band dies the wife keeps his roe-
mory and grave fresh and don't
wed no more. Of course there is
xceptins. I remember a widow in
my neighborhood who was griev
ing mighty hard fer a few days
after the funeral. When folks told
her not to take it so hard she
said, "I ain't grieving fer my hus
band so much. I'm thinking of my
pore children that has got to be
raised by a step-daddy."
But when the wife dies, the hu
sband has hardly paid the bill fer
the flowers on his wife's grave be
fore he starts sending flowers to
the one he alms to marry next.
You can count on your one hand
the widowers in this community
that didn't marry again as soon
as they could find somebody. But
all around you there will be wi
dows that is still widows. And that's
why there's a heap mre widows
than widowers In the world. It
ain't because wlmmen folks Is
more healthy. I take this text this
week Just to show you the kind ot
stuff some them columnists In the
kbig paper git away with.'
Of course, I ain't flggering on
ever being a widower. My old .
lady's voice around the house gits '
stronger ever year. By the time
she's 100 shell be winning a hog-,
calling contest v i
v Yours truly. '
j. I , ,t " Wide Pet
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